Surveyor&#39;s reel.



M. H. LEWIS & G. GOSSIN.

SURVEYOBS REEL.

- APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1910.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 M. H. LEWIS & G. COSSIN.

SURVEYORS 'RBEL.

APPLICATION FILED mug, 1910.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

provide UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioE.

MYRON-H. LEWIS AND CELESTIN COSSIN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

SURVEYORS REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

Application filed May 2, 910. Serial .No. 559,002.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, MYRON H; Lnwrs and. CELEs'rIN Cossm, of New York, in the county of New York, and in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in. Surveyors Reels, and do hereby declare that the following'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of our invention has been to .a surveyors reel, which shall be light, readily operated, .convenient, simple and durable; and to such ends'our invention consists in the surveyors reel hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reel embodying our invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is an edge'view; Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a fragmental sectional view; and ,Fig. 6 is-a perspective view of an internal bearing plate.

Our invention is capable of embodiment in many different forms, and we have chosen in the accompanying drawings to illustrate it by the. best. form known to us, but such form is only to be regarded as typical of many possible embodiments.

In the illustrated form, we provide a circular frame, consisting of side plates 1 and 2, one of theseplates, as the plate2, being provided with posts 3, upon which the plate 1 is fastened as by screws, the said plates being thus spaced apart sufficientlyto receive the tapebetweenithem- A gear .case 4 is formed on one of the said plates,

gear case and afscrewed into-the-gear'. The drum 6 is then and in the opposite A drum 6 is mounted on the said.

The said 1 the pinion and shaft tion is simple,

put in place on the shaft and secured by the set screw. The plate 1 is then screwed in place. handle 14 of any usual construction, as one pivoted between ears l5 and having a heel 16 which bears against a spring 17 secured on-the crank, the action of the heel and spring being. to hold the handle either open or closed.

The drum has a strap 18 secured thereto, to which strap the tape can be secured. The strap 18 has a loop formed on its inner end,

andis preferablyremovably secured to the.

drum by having a screw 19 passed, therethrough and threaded into the drum.- The plate 2 is provided with a hole 20, so that sa d screw may be inserted or removed when the screw-hole is in proper relative position to ,the hole 20, thus enabling a new strap to be put in place when one is broken without taking the entire reel to pieces. The free end of the strap 18 is provided with a pin 21-which is secured in the strap. some little distance from the end thereof, and between. the said pin and the end of the strap an ear 22 overlies the strap. The tape 23 .is secured to .the strap by being placed at right angles thereto and inserted over the pin 21, and then the strap, "ear, theear' thus serving to from-rising oifqthe pin 21. tape taut for measurement, the reel is provided with a lug 24 over which the tape .passes,.a1id with a clamp 25 drum, and by which the tape may be being turned in line with the tape being passed beneath the prevent the tape To draw the pivoted to the clamped down on the said lug. The said The crank preferably has a folding lug is preferably provided with a hard metal wear-plate 26. An antifriction roller 27 is preferably situated forward of the lug 24,

so that the tape may run freely except when f it is clamped down onto the wear-plate. ably integral therewith. A plate 9 is seated strap can readily be replaced without dismantling the reel, and the entire construceflicient and durable.

It is obvious that various changes can be made in theabove embodiment of our invention which will be within the scope of it,

and we desire not to be limited beyond the requirements of the prior art, and the necessary intendment of our claims.

We claim:

1. In a surveyors reel, the combination of side plates, means for fastening them together, one of said plates having a gear-case formed in the body of said plate and opening inwardly, gearing including a pinion mounted in said gear-case, a. drum mounted between said plates, and a shaft mounted in said plates and carrying the said drum.

2. In a surveyors reel, the combination of side plates, means for fastening them together, one of said plates having a gearcase formed in-the body of said plate and opening inwardly, gearing including a pinion mounted in said gearcase, a drum mounted between said plates, a shaft mounted in said plates and carrying said drum and pinion, and a plate closing the entrance to said gear-case and located between the gear- 7 ing and pinion and said drum.

3. In a surveyors reel, the combination of side plates, means for fastening them together, a gear-case formed on one of said plates and opening inwardly, gearing including a pinion mounted in said gear-case, a crank and a crank-shaft for driving said gear, a drum mounted between said plates, a shaft mounted in said plates and carrying said drum and pinion, and a plate closing the entrance to said gear-case and located between the gearing and pinion and said drum, said plate carrying a stud, forming a bearing for said crank-shaft.

4. In a surveyors reel, the combination of side plates, means for fastening them together, a gear-case formed integrally with one of said plates and opening inwardly, gearing including a pinion mounted in said gear-case, a crank-shaft for driving said gear, a. drum mounted between said plates, a shaft mounted in said plates and carrying said drum and pinion, a plate closin the entrance to said gear-case and located between the gearing and pinion and said drum, said plate carrying a stud, forming a bearing for said crank-shaft, and a crank mounted on said stud and threaded into said ear.

g 5. In a surveyors reel, the combination of circular side plates, a drum, a tape thereon, means for driving said drum, a part over which the tape is guided, and means for clamping the tape against said part, said means conforming in shape to the side plates.

6. In a surveyors reel,the combination of circular side plates, a drum, a tape thereon, means for driving said drum, a part over which the tape is guided, and means for clamping the tape against said part, said means consisting of a thumb lever pivoted to the case, and conforming to the shape of the side plates.

7 In a surveyors reel, the combination of a drum, a tape strap having a loop therein, a screw threaded in said drum and adapted to receive said loop, the frame of said reel covering the greater part of the path of said screw, the head of said screw being exposed for a minor part of its path.

8. In a surveyors reel, the combination of circular side plates, a drum, a tape thereon, means for driving said drum, a art over which the tape is guided, an anti-i riction roller at one end of said part, and means for clamping the tape against said part, said means conforming in shape to the side plates.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands.

MYRON H. LEWIS. CELESTIN COSSIN. Witnesses:

J. M. STEWART, SAMUEL B. BALLURD. 

